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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AWARDS UNDER THE EQUITY AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

Option Agreement

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF

NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AWARDS

UNDER THE

EQUITY AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN | Document Parties: HERSHEY COMPANY You are currently viewing:
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Title: TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AWARDS UNDER THE EQUITY AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
Governing Law: Pennsylvania     Date: 8/13/2009
Industry: Food Processing     Sector: Consumer/Non-Cyclical

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF

NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AWARDS

UNDER THE

EQUITY AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN, Parties: hershey company
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Exhibit 10.1

 

THE HERSHEY COMPANY

 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF

NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AWARDS

UNDER THE

EQUITY AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

 

1.           The Optionee, by accepting the option to purchase shares of the Company's Common Stock (the "Options") awarded to him/her on __________, (the “ Award Date ”), accepts and agrees to these terms and conditions and the terms and conditions of the Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (the " Plan "), which Plan is incorporated herein by reference.

 

2.           The Options shall not be exercisable until vested. The Options shall be exercisable during the period   __________through __________   (the “ Exercise Period ”), subject to the vesting schedule described in the next sentence and the provisions regarding termination set forth in paragraphs 3 and 5 below and in the Plan. Of the total Options awarded to the Optionee on the Award Date (“ Total Award ”), twenty-five percent (25%) of the Total Award will become vested on the first anniversary of the Award Date; an additional twenty-five percent (25%) of the Total Award will become vested on the second anniversary of the Award Date; an additional twenty-five percent (25%) of the Total Award will become vested on the third anniversary of the Award Date; and an additional and final twenty-five percent (25%) of the Total Award will become vested on the fourth anniversary of the Award Date.  During the Exercise Period, vested Options may be exercised in whole or in part and on one or more than one occasion.  The purchase price of any shares as to which the Options shall be exercised shall be paid in full at the time of such exercise.

 

3.           In the event Optionee's employment with the Company is terminated for any reason other than the occurrence of an event described in paragraph 5 below, or a “Change in Control” as described in this paragraph 3,  the Options shall terminate immediately upon termination of Optionee’s employment and may not be exercised after such termination of employment unless: (i) Optionee is eligible to receive severance benefits pursuant to a Company-sponsored severance benefits plan or an employment or severance or similar agreement to which Optionee is a party upon termination of employment, in which case vesting, exercise, and payment of the Options will be in accordance with the terms of such Company-sponsored severance benefits plan or such agreement; or (ii) Optionee is an employee of the Company in a country other than the United States and has certain rights in the vesting, exercise and payment of Options upon termination of employment under the laws of the country in which Optionee is employed, in which case vesting, exercise and payment of the Options will be in accordance with the terms of a severance agreement entered into between the Company and Optionee that complies with the laws of the country in which Optionee is employed.

 

Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control (as that term is defined in the Plan), the Options shall become fully vested and exercisable notwithstanding the vesting schedule set forth in paragraph 2 above.  If Optionee’s employment is terminated by the Company within two (2) years following the Change in Control for any reason other than for Cause (as that term is defined in the Plan) or if Optionee's employment is terminated by the Optionee within such two year period for Good Reason (as that term is defined in the Plan), Optionee shall have one (1) year from the date of termination of employment to exercise his/her Options.  In no event, however, may Options be exercised after __________ , the date the Options expir


 
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